Assign paragraph style depending on odd/even page

Ulrich Dirr

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    • July 25, 2016 at 11:03 pm #86902
      Ulrich Dirr
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      Hi,

      is it somehow possible to assign a paragraph style automatically depending on the “value” of a odd or even page? I didn’t find a variable for odd/even page numbers or something like this. I would like to do something like: “add paragraph style ‘footer left’ on even pages, but add paragraph style ‘footer right’ on odd pages”.

      Best regards,
      Ulrich

    • July 26, 2016 at 1:51 am #86903
      Kai Rübsamen
      Member

      Hi,

      why not use different masterpages for right and left?

      Otherwise it is not possible to distinguish between even and odd pages, but a script can do this.

      Kai

    • July 26, 2016 at 5:38 am #86906
      Matt Isaac
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      Or you could use the align “align away from spine” feature if you are just changing the alignment on even/odd pages.

    • July 26, 2016 at 7:17 am #86908
      Ulrich Dirr
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      Hi,

      @Kai I thought masterpages were not an option because I have to put information on the left and right pages individually (actually a lot of pages with different fonts — the footer displayes the font infos).

      @Skemicle Indeed, for this example I do need only alignment changes. But I’m looking for a general solution.

    • July 26, 2016 at 7:25 am #86909
      Kai Rübsamen
      Member

      Hm, the problem is, what controls the different informations on the page, since masterpages would display only static content or content from a textvariable.

      So how to collect things and display them in dependance of even and odd pages?
      To give a good answer a example document before / after is needed. First I would look, what is possible with InDesign, then I would think about a script, that put things together.

      So, please provide a example for all or sent me a testfile with some comments to infoATruebiarts.de

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